Museum number:

APM 16.411

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

longitudinally incised lines

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met ovaalvorm ketel, licht verzwaarde ketelbasis met gebolde onderzijde waarin lekgat en oplopende steel zonder manchet. Ketelbasis en filt concentrische ringen met ertussen driemaal drie overlangse lijnen.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1950


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.54 in (9 cm)
Width1.54 in (3.9 cm)
StemLength2.76 in (7 cm)
Weight105 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape oval shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourgray black
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalWest Africa
CountryCameroon
Region nationalGrasslands
EthnicityBamessing
Acquisition
Year 2001
Provenance Douala, Kouotou Ousmanfé
Kameroen, Bamessing, 2001

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